What do you need to 86?

Do you know what it means to '86' something? If you do, chances are that you've worked at a restaurant or bar at some point in your life. The term means that something is either out or that it needs to be thrown out! For example, if a server discovers that the strawberries have gone moldy, he would yell out "86 strawberries!" to all the other servers.

As you identify bad habits in your business (or life for that matter), write that bad habit down on your '86' list. Just by writing it down and actually keeping a list, you'll find that the awareness level of the bad habit starts to get 86'd! Sometimes in order to start some good habits, we need to first '86' a few of the bad ones.

-Howard